Conference highlights the essential role research plays in Myerscough degree programmes

This year, the annual event was split into sections, promoting the whole concept of research and its impact on learning, with a mixture of in person and online activities, and poster presentations.

In the land-based section, guest speakers included:

Dr Becky Smith - Connected Lives: How Human Beliefs and Behaviours Shape Animal Welfare

Charlotte Uttley - Beyond Goodbye: Understanding and Supporting Horse and Dog Owners as Caregivers and Decision Makers Throughout Deterioration to End-of-Life

Louise Sutherland - Exploring student veterinary nurses’ approach to clinical skills learning, and the impact of current assessment practices – mastery versus performance approaches to learning in the workplace

Paul Scholefield - Using AI for Ecological research and forest conservation.

Zunaira Malik - Have the Hornets Arrived? What Their Invasion Means for Honeybees

Dr Carrie Ljichi - I feel your pain: the importance of recognising individual differences in animal pain responses

In sport and motorsport, topics included:

Wayne Gater -From Purchase to Performance: A Journey Through Race Car Development

Richard Thomas - Analysis of goal scoring opportunities in 11 v 11 youth male Academy U15’s competitive matches: Implications for design of small, medium and large sided games.

Jordan Brooks - Integrating sport psychology into elite level golf.

Dr Craig Lawlor - An Investigation of Scouting in Men's Professional Football

Across the afternoon, industry project poster presentation provided a development opportunity for degree students to share their research and ideas, with poster presentations by programme learners across a wide range of study areas taking part.

The event has successfully showcased our student work and shown what a diverse range of research we undertake at University Centre Myerscough.

This event could not have been made successful without the support to the teaching and support staff, students and of course industry representatives, friends and family, and research collaborations which make this all possible.